AUGUST 2015

Canadian Technical Asphalt

Association

#300 - 895 Fort Street, Victoria, BC V8W 1H7

Phone: 250-361-9187; Fax: 250-361-9187

e-mail: admin@ctaa.ca; web site: www.ctaa.ca

Items of interest

Conference Details

Program Summary

Conference Program

Abstracts (as a link below

and on the website.)

Guest Program (on website)

Nominations (by Acclama-

tion) and Board Members

(continuing)

2

Director Nominees -

Ontario Region 3

Delinquent Members 4

Conference Registration 4

Conference Program

(revised) 5

Scholarship Winners 6

Tentative CUPGA

Program 7

Report from the

Secretary Treasurer 8

The 2015 Conference will be held at the Fairmont Château Laurier in Ottawa, ON.

The program planned for this year is expected to be as interesting and thought

provoking as programs from previous years. The Canadian Technical Asphalt

Association exists for these conferences and the Proceedings generated therefrom. The

Local Arrangements Committee has been planning the entire program for over two

years and looks forward to entertaining a large number of existing members, new

members and guests. Please support your Association by attending the 2015

Conference in Ottawa, ON. Check our website at www.ctaa.ca and click on Conference

for conference news and updates.

For those receiving this news-

letter electronically, please note

that the following forms have

been posted on the web site

(links to the left of this article):

Hotel Registration form

Conference Registration

form

General Call for Papers

for the 2016 Conference

in Banff, AB

CUPGA Program

2016/17 Nomination Form

Abstracts

These forms along with a ballot and return envelope have been included with the

package to those members receiving the Newsletter by post. For those members receiv-

ing the Newsletter electronically, the nominee list, ballot and return envelope have

been mailed to them.

Conference Fees - REMINDER

The conference registration form provides an outline of the fees for this year’s

conference. The early bird registration fee offers a $50 discount until October 16th.

For those registering by post, the envelope must be postmarked October 16th or

earlier to receive the same discount. For those attending the conference as a non-

member please note the registration fee includes your membership to December 31,

2015. The membership term is based on a calendar year.

The Online Conference Registration and a direct link for the hotel reservations are

now available. The online conference registration sends you a receipt as soon as you

have finished processing your payment. American Express is now available as a pay-

ment option. Should you need to make changes to your online registration,

please contact the office as the payment system will give an error message indi-

cating a duplicate id.

See you in OTTAWA!

CONFERENCE 2015

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Conference Links

Conference Registration

Form (online) now available

English French (to fax or mail)

Abstracts

(English only on the website)

2016 Call for Papers

English French

CUPGA Program

Nomination Form

2016-17 – (requires login to

Member’s Page)

Hotel Reservation Link

Hotel Reservation Form

(to fax or mail)

Welcome Reception will be held at the relatively new (2005)

Canadian War Museum

On Sunday, November 15, 2015

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Nominations In accordance with By-Law No. 1, Section 5.02, a list of nominees and the ballot has been mailed to all

members. The position for Ontario Director requires a vote this year and the biographies of the nominees,

Michael Esenwa and Ludomir Uzarowski, follow on page 3.

The 2015-16 Board members, some continuing and some by acclamation, are as follows:

CONTINUING BOARD MEMBERS

BY ACCLAMATION

President

Hugh Donovan

1st Vice-President

Todd Strynadka

2nd Vice-President

Nabil Kamel

British Columbia

Jason Herring

Prairies & Territories

Rielle Haichert

Alberta

Roman Stefaniw

All members will receive ballots by mail in late August or early September. The ballot will be included with the August

Newsletter to those who traditionally receive the Newsletter by mail.

To assist the CTAA Nominating Committee we are also asking members to provide names of CTAA members who are

able and willing to serve on the CTAA Board of Directors from November 2016 to November 2017. You can nominate

yourself or any member in good standing who resides in the region open for election. The positions that are eligible for

election in 2016 are Directors for British Columbia, Prairies and Territories, Québec and the 2nd Vice President. The

Nomination form is posted on the web site. Please note that those being nominated for 2nd Vice President should have had

previous Board experience.

Québec

René Dufresne

Atlantic

Ryan Clark

Past Past President

Keith MacInnis

Past President

Alan Carter

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Nominees 2015-16 - Director - Ontario

Michael Esenwa, P.Eng.

Education:

Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering,

Rivers State University of Science & Technology, Nigeria

Work Experience:

2009 to Present McAsphalt Industries Limited

Manager Technical Services

2000 to 2009 Lafarge Canada Inc/Warren Bitulithic

2005 - Regional Quality Supervisor

2001 - Laboratory Supervisor

2000 - Lab Technician

1993 to 1999 Louis Berger Inc., Nigeria

Highway Engineer

1990 to 1992 Ove Arup and Partners, Nigeria

Civil/Structural Engineer

Membership and Related Activities:

Member, CTAA since 2003

Member, Ontario Society of Professional Engineers

Member, Nigerian Society of Engineers

Lecturer, Ontario Good Roads Association (OGRA), Scott MacKay Bituminous Technology Course

Ludomir Uzarowski, M. Sc., P. Eng.

Education:

2006 Ph.D., Pavement Engineering, University of Waterloo, Ontario

1994 Master of Science, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

1974 Master of Science, Gdansk Technical University, Poland

Work Experience:

2015 to Present Golder Associates Ltd.,

Principal and Senior Pavement and Materials Engineer

Pavement design

Pavement evaluation using FWD and GPR

Asphalt technology including Superpave

Quality control/quality assurance

Research and development of new technologies

1994 to 2003 John Emery Geotechnical Engineering Limited

Principal Pavements and Quality Engineer

1990 to 1994 Sir Owen Williams and Partners

London, United Kingdom

Pavement Engineer

1988 to 1990 National Consulting Bureau, Tripoli, Libya

Pavement and Quality Control Engineer

1975 to 1988 Highway Region in Kartuzy, Poland

Manager of Highway Construction

Membership and Related Activities:

Member, CTAA since 1995

Member, Association of Asphalt Pavement Technologist (AAPT) since 1990

- Authored and Coauthored over 25 CTAA technical papers

- Coauthor of 28 technical papers published in Canada, US, UK, France and China

- Over 120 technical presentations on pavement and materials technology in Canada, US, France, China and Japan.

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Members who have not paid their 2015 annual dues are reminded that all those persons whose dues were in arrears

on July 31, 2015, have had their names placed on the delinquent membership list. They will cease to be eligible for

membership privileges such as receiving copies of the 2015 Conference Proceedings and having their names published

in the 2015 Conference Proceedings and Conference Program Booklet. Payment can be made online at ctaa.ca.

Any member whose dues for 2014 and 2015 remain unpaid on July 31, 2015, will be considered suspended; their

name has been removed from the membership list and will cease to be a member. Suspended members will also cease

to receive CTAA mailings and their names will not be printed in the lists of members in the 2015 Conference Proceed-

ings nor the Program Booklet.

Conference and hotel registration forms have been posted on the web site. Please follow the links in the email advis-

ing members of this Newsletter and process accordingly. These forms are included with the Newsletter for those re-

ceiving same by mail. Please note that the conference registration forms and payment are to be directed to the Victoria

office of the Canadian Technical Asphalt Association. Once the form has been received and documented the pertinent

information will be forwarded to the Local Arrangements Committee.

PLEASE note that there will be one registration fee for the conference, i.e. no separate fee for CUPGA. The

annual conference fee therefore includes the CUPGA session on Sunday afternoon, lunch on Sunday and the complete

Association conference, Sunday night to Wednesday afternoon. There will be a small fee of $60, as usual, for the

course on Sunday morning.

Registration for the conference can be made by mail, fax or on-line. Please remember that the Fairmont Chateau

Laurier Hotel reservation forms should be directed to the HOTEL and NOT the CTAA office. The direct link for mak-

ing a hotel reservation is available on the web site.

Young Members’ Reception

There will be a reception on Monday evening from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. for members who are 30 years of age or younger.

The Board hopes that those attending will see the benefits of one day becoming involved in the Association and Board

of Directors’ affairs. For those interested in attending there is a check box on the Conference Registration form.

Students

CTAA continues its strong commitment to student engagement by offering free membership with the Association and

greatly reduced Conference fees. This approach is working with many students becoming Full Members upon gradua-

tion.

PAYMENTS

CTAA is accepting secure online payments for conference registrations; membership renewals and membership

applications. Scholarship donations can be made as part of a conference registration or membership renewal. Making

your payment to CTAA, by cheque is still accepted. Payment by credit card (Visa, MasterCard and AMEX) can be made

by faxing or mailing your registration form to the office. Providing credit card information over the phone is still

accepted.

Delinquent Members

Conference Registration

CALL FOR PAPERS 2016

You will note that we have included a “Call for Papers” for the 2016 Conference with the Newsletter mailed out and have provided links in the electronic version. Please seriously consider committing to our program next year.

The timely submission of abstracts is critical to both assembling a quality program and allowing sufficient time for au-thors to prepare and submit their papers to the Editor by the required date. Your cooperation in meeting the deadline be-low is certainly appreciated by the Board, the Technical Program Committee and especially the Editor.

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract Submission February 12, 2016 Notification of Abstract Status March 4, 2016 Full Paper Submitted to Program Committee May 20, 2016

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Monday, Nov. 16th, 2015,

Morning Session: 10:00

1. Development of Performance

Specifications for Flexible

Pavements in Ontario

Dale Smith, Stephen Lee, Tom

Kazmierowski

2. Laboratory Crack Testing of

Hot Mix Asphalts Containing

Vacuum Tower Asphalt

Extender

Jason C. Wielinski, Andrea Horton,

Anthony Kriech, Gerald Huber

3. Ontario's Strategy to Enhance

Asphalt Cement Quality Seyed Tabib, Farhana Hoque,

Pamela Marks

4. Visualization and Quantifica-

tion of Hot Mix Asphalt Charac-

teristics using X-Ray Computed

Tomography Magdy Shaheen, Dr. Adil Al-

Mayah, Dr. Susan Tighe

Monday, Nov. 16th, 2015

Afternoon Session: 13:30

5. Study of Post-Compaction and

of the Use of Confining Pres-

sure When Measuring the Com-

plex Modulus of a Full-Depth

Reclamation Material

Apparao Gandi, Julien Kagabo,

Alan Carter, Dharmaveer Singh

6. New Technology for Asphalt

Compaction: A Contractor's

View and Experience Eric Shaw, Russ Perry,

Anandkumar Chelliah, Bonnie

Robertson

7. Asphalt Mixes Modified with

Asphalt Shingles Sand

Frédéric Nöel

8. Investigation of Diffusion-

Controlled Oxidative Aging in

Asphalt Mixture

Prabir Kumar Das, Niki Kringos,

Hassan Baaj, Susan Tighe

9. In-situ Permeability of Newly

Constructed Asphalt Pavement

Surfaces as an Indicator of

Long-Term Pavement Perfor-

mance

Moustafa Awadalla,

A.O. Adb El Halim, Yasser Hassan,

Imran Bashi, Frank Pinder

10. Selection, Evaluation and 5

Year Performance Evaluation

of Highway 1 Section Rehabili-

tated with Hot-In-Place

Recycling Treatment

Vipin Sharma, Christian Babuin,

Brad Hogg, Alan Schmidt

Tuesday, Nov. 17th, 2015 Morning

Session: 08:30

11. Development of a Synthetic

Binder Which Can Be Adapted

to Create a Coloured Pavement

Mixture and the Performance

Review of the 2009 Front Street

Project in Dawson City, Yukon

Todd Strynadka, Jean-Martin

Croteau, Jeff Jarvis, Dr. Guy Doré

12. 3D Paving Experience at the

National Corvette Museum—

Motorsports Park

Todd Mansell, Terry Humphrey

13. Flexible Pavement Design and

Asset Management for Western

Canada P3 Projects

Art Johnston, Bryan Palsat, Dave

Palsat

14. Characterization of Hot Mix

Asphalt with Steel Slags and

the Use of Laboratory Results

in Mechanistic-Empirical Pave-

ment Design

Emmanuel Dion, Daniel Perraton,

Alan Carter, Kevin Bilodeau

15. Physical Hardening in Asphalt

Jamie-Lee Freeston,

Graeme Gillespie, Simon A.M. Hesp,

Migle Paliukaite, Russell Taylor

16. ECF Using 100% Recycled

Materials

Arbia Garfa, Marie Quioc, Alan

Carter, Anne Dony

Tuesday, Nov. 17th, 2015

Contractor’s Workshop

Challenges of Paving in

Urban/Rural Areas

13:30 - 16:30.

2015 CTAA CONFERENCE PROGRAM (Abstracts can be found on the web site.)

Wednesday, Nov. 18th, 2015

Morning Session: 08:30

17. Field Evaluation of Pavement

Preservation Treatments Incor-

porating Stress Absorbing Mem-

brane Interlayer Technologies

Rhiannon Arsenault, Terry

McCann, Steve Goodman

18. Five Year Performance of Quiet

Asphalt Pavement Test Sections

on Highway 405 Ontario

Heather Beattie, Seyed Tabib,

Pamela Marks, Chris Blaney

19. Six Year Performance of

Ontario’s Freeway Fibre and

Polymer Modifier Trial Project

Anne Holt, Pamela Marks

20. Cold 2014 Winter and Early

Asphalt Pavement Cracking

Observed in Southwestern

Ontario

Dr. Ludomir Uzarowski, Dr. Vimy

Henderson, Gary MacDonald, John

Rizzo, Gary Moore

Wednesday, Nov. 18th, 2015

Afternoon Session: 13:30

21. Green Pavement Technologies

are Sustainable Only if they De-

liver Acceptable Performance

Dr. Ludomir Uzarowski,

Dr. Michael Maher, Dr. Susan

Tighe

22. Use of the Hirsh Model to Back-

Calculate the Performance

Characteristics of the Blended

Binder in SuperPave Recycled

Hot Mixtures

Dr. Xiomara Sanchez, Vince

Aurilio, Dr. Susan Tighe, Sandy

Brown, Fernando Magisano

23. Improving the Fatigue-

Resistance for Hot Mix Asphalt

Surface Course Mix

Magdy Shaheen, Dr. Susan Tighe,

Dr. Adil Al-Mayah

24. Complex Modulus and Fatigue

Performances of a GB20 Mix

Incorporating High Percentage

of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement

(40%)

Asmaa Basueny, Alan Carter,

Daniel Perraton

Future Meetings

2016 - Banff , AB

2017 - Halifax, NS

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2015 CTAA Scholarship Winners

Information regarding our scholarships, eligibility and the application process can be viewed on our website.

Members are asked to pass this information on to students they know or meet who are studying asphalt technology at the

graduate, undergraduate or college level.

Arbia Garfa

Ecole de technologie superieure

Graduate Scholarship

Marc-André Bérubé

Ecole de technologie superieure

Undergraduate Scholarship

Each winner will receive a scholarship of $2,000 to be used towards their continuing education.

Because of the generous donations made over the years CTAA is now able to offer three scholarships.

You can help future students to receive our scholarships by donating when you register for the conference or when you

pay your dues.

Jonathan Flanagan

New Brunswick Community

College

Applied Scholarship

The cover of the 2015 Proceedings

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The CUPGA 2015 Workshop Program is intended to address these issues with presentations about technology,

specification and construction.

12:00 Lunch and Networking

13:00 Welcome & Introduction:

Pamela Marks, CUPGA Chair

13:10 Implementation of Superpave across the Country

Session Chair: Nawaz Panhwer, CUPGA 2nd Vice Chair

Reports from Regional Directors (10 minutes each)

British Columbia – Jason Herring

Alberta – Roman Stefaniw

Prairies Provinces and Territories – Rielle Haichert

Ontario - Nabil Kamel

Quebec – René Dufresne

Atlantic – Ryan Clark

14:15 Positive Impacts and Challenges of Asphalt Cement Modification

Session Chair – Selena Lavorato, CUPGA Third Vice Chair

Supplier Perspective – Steve Manolis

Contractor Perspective – Ken MacIntyre

15:15 Refreshments and Networking Break

15:30 Positive Impacts and Challenges of Asphalt Cement Modification (cont’d.)

Municipal Owner Perspective – Gary Moore

Agency Perspective –Pamela Marks

16:30 Closing Comments

Rielle Haichert, Incoming CUPGA Chair

Introduction of next year’s CUPGA Executive, Collection of Survey Forms.

2015 CUPGA Program (Tentative) Sunday, November 15, 2015

Year End has Come and Gone A report from your Secretary Treasurer

As most members know, June is the year end for CTAA books. What most of you may not know is the work that is

done to finalize the year end books so they can be sent for review to our accountants.

As one new to the job I travelled to Victoria this month to sit down with our office administrator, Kathy Fyfe and

our Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus, Bob Noble, to go through the process and make sure I am aware of all of our pro-

cesses.

During our meetings, Kathy walked me through the process in my language, from paying an individual bill for

things like telephone, office rent, postage, printing, etc., etc., (Did you know that our CTAA office issues 132 cheques

each year just to keep things running smoothly!).

I was given a crash course in Sage 50 (or Simply Accounting may be a more familiar name) to see how we track

payments and income, and GST and PST and HST. We get to claim back most of our GST paid out and most years get

a refund, although not always.

We have scholarship money in investment certificates and have to balance across our accounts to make sure the

dollars are appropriately accounted for prior to sending it all off for review. We also track deferred income when

conference donations or payments come in prior to the year end, and accrue expenses for the conference that will be

held in the next fiscal year.

When all is said done, we present the balance sheet at the AGM at the conference, which although sometimes

confusing, helps to report to the membership the financial standing of our Association.